Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 233 325
Rank change year-on-year -132 +92 -32
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 512 681 722
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 1.38% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.54% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 255 297 391
10th Percentile £36,750 £47,000 £37,639
25th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,845 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £76,125 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,845 £62,500 £58,700
% change year-on-year -1.05% +6.47% -9.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,889 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,640 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 29 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -127 463 £62,500 -10.74% 569
London -29 278 £67,500 -12.90% 404
Work from Home +14 240 £62,500 -3.85% 205
UK excluding London -182 185 £61,845 -1.05% 219
North of England -15 64 £63,076 -13.00% 47
North West +3 41 £83,750 +28.85% 24
South East -154 31 £40,000 -36.00% 67
East of England -25 28 £65,000 -9.72% 18
Midlands -46 28 £52,500 -13.22% 37
South West -78 24 £68,528 +14.21% 20
West Midlands -32 22 £55,000 -8.33% 29
Yorkshire -29 20 £60,850 -22.73% 19
Scotland +9 8 £85,000 +4.62% 18
East Midlands -34 6 £37,500 -46.04% 8
Wales -56 3 £65,000 +8.59% 6
North East - 3 £63,076 - 4
Northern Ireland -74 1 - - 9

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (3.71%) Confluence
2 17 (3.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.76%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 53 (10.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 28 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.78%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.39%) Moqups
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (7.62%) Workfront
2 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.78%) Shopify
3 2 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Eikon
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.20%) RMDS
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 81 (15.82%) SaaS
2 73 (14.26%) AWS
3 55 (10.74%) Azure
4 53 (10.35%) iPaaS
5 18 (3.52%) GCP
6 15 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.54%) GitHub
8 12 (2.34%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.15%) Figma
10 10 (1.95%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.95%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.76%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.17%) Asana
14 4 (0.78%) Amazon Bedrock
14 4 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
14 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.78%) Miro
14 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 4 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (12.11%) Broadband
2 30 (5.86%) HTTP
3 11 (2.15%) WAN
4 8 (1.56%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.37%) Firewall
5 7 (1.37%) LAN
6 5 (0.98%) Network Security
6 5 (0.98%) NGN
7 4 (0.78%) MPLS
7 4 (0.78%) SAN
8 3 (0.59%) Intranet
8 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.59%) WLAN
9 2 (0.39%) DNS
9 2 (0.39%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.39%) Multicast
9 2 (0.39%) Skype
9 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.39%) VoIP
9 2 (0.39%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (10.35%) Metadata
2 11 (2.15%) Power BI
3 6 (1.17%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.78%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.39%) Big Data
6 2 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.39%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.20%) MySQL
7 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.20%) Redis
7 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (7.62%) JIRA
2 8 (1.56%) Git
3 4 (0.78%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.59%) Selenium
5 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.39%) Postman
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) GitLab
6 1 (0.20%) JUnit
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 171 (33.40%) Marketing
2 169 (33.01%) Social Skills
3 150 (29.30%) Finance
4 81 (15.82%) Banking
5 65 (12.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (12.50%) Retail
7 63 (12.30%) Law
8 61 (11.91%) Analytical Skills
9 57 (11.13%) Presentation Skills
10 47 (9.18%) Influencing Skills
11 33 (6.45%) Public Sector
12 26 (5.08%) Legal
13 21 (4.10%) Back Office
14 20 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (3.13%) Italian Language
16 15 (2.93%) Telecoms
17 14 (2.73%) Manufacturing
17 14 (2.73%) Retail Banking
18 11 (2.15%) German Language
19 9 (1.76%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 158 (30.86%) Product Manager
2 75 (14.65%) Product Owner
3 73 (14.26%) Senior
4 68 (13.28%) Lead
5 41 (8.01%) Senior Manager
5 41 (8.01%) Software Engineer
6 38 (7.42%) Senior Product Manager
7 30 (5.86%) Development Engineer
7 30 (5.86%) Software Development Engineer
8 26 (5.08%) Lead Software Engineer
9 20 (3.91%) Consultant
9 20 (3.91%) Developer
10 16 (3.13%) Platform Manager
10 16 (3.13%) Product Lead
11 15 (2.93%) Business Consultant
12 14 (2.73%) Business Development Consultant
12 14 (2.73%) Development Consultant
13 13 (2.54%) Technical Engineer
14 12 (2.34%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (2.34%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.64%) REST
2 7 (1.37%) React
3 6 (1.17%) CSS
3 6 (1.17%) Google Maps API
3 6 (1.17%) HTML
3 6 (1.17%) LangChain
3 6 (1.17%) Spring
4 5 (0.98%) PyTorch
4 5 (0.98%) Spring Boot
4 5 (0.98%) TensorFlow
5 4 (0.78%) LangGraph
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.59%) .NET
6 3 (0.59%) Pandas
7 2 (0.39%) CrewAI
7 2 (0.39%) FHIR
7 2 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.39%) LlamaIndex
7 2 (0.39%) Seaborn
7 2 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 171 (33.40%) Product Ownership
2 63 (12.30%) Social Media
3 54 (10.55%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (10.55%) Over-the-Top Content
4 39 (7.62%) Cloud Native
5 34 (6.64%) Public Cloud
6 25 (4.88%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.52%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.93%) Management Information System
9 13 (2.54%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (2.34%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.95%) Educational Technology
11 10 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.56%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.56%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.37%) Podcast
14 7 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (1.17%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.54%) Linux
2 8 (1.56%) Windows
3 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.59%) Unix
3 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) CentOS
4 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (61.13%) Roadmaps
2 223 (43.55%) Agile
3 151 (29.49%) Product Roadmap
4 128 (25.00%) Product Vision
5 116 (22.66%) AI
5 116 (22.66%) Decision-Making
6 109 (21.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 101 (19.73%) User Stories
8 94 (18.36%) Customer Experience
8 94 (18.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 93 (18.16%) Product Backlog
10 81 (15.82%) Product Requirements
11 79 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
12 77 (15.04%) Software Engineering
13 74 (14.45%) Sprint Planning
14 73 (14.26%) Product Strategy
15 72 (14.06%) User Experience
16 70 (13.67%) Analytics
17 69 (13.48%) Workflow
18 68 (13.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.40%) Java
2 27 (5.27%) Python
3 12 (2.34%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.15%) SQL
5 7 (1.37%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.17%) Bicep
7 5 (0.98%) C++
8 4 (0.78%) R
9 3 (0.59%) Bash
9 3 (0.59%) C#
9 3 (0.59%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.59%) PHP
9 3 (0.59%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.39%) Perl
11 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 90 (17.58%) Degree
2 15 (2.93%) Master's Degree
3 14 (2.73%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.54%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.76%) HND
5 9 (1.76%) MBA
6 8 (1.56%) HNC
7 7 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.98%) CSPO
9 5 (0.98%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.98%) PMP
10 4 (0.78%) CCNA
10 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.59%) CISSP
11 3 (0.59%) Dell Certification
11 3 (0.59%) MCSA
11 3 (0.59%) PhD
12 2 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.66%) QA
2 21 (4.10%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.76%) GDPR
4 6 (1.17%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.98%) PMO
6 4 (0.78%) PERC
6 4 (0.78%) SLA
7 2 (0.39%) DICOM
7 2 (0.39%) HL7
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.76%) Docker
2 4 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.78%) Firmware
3 3 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) vSphere
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.13%) Terraform
2 8 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.59%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.59%) WSUS
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.20%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 57 (11.13%) Adobe
2 50 (9.77%) Microsoft
3 17 (3.32%) Google
4 16 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.15%) Cisco
6 10 (1.95%) Oracle
7 8 (1.56%) Facebook
7 8 (1.56%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.17%) Juniper
9 5 (0.98%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.98%) Workday
10 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.78%) Toshiba
11 3 (0.59%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.59%) Dell
11 3 (0.59%) Fujitsu
11 3 (0.59%) HP
11 3 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.59%) Reuters
11 3 (0.59%) VMware